Knife and spoon pan rack



Nov. 1, 1932. ZQRSCH 1,886,075

KNIFE AND SPOON PAN RACK Filed May 12. 1931 E.fl. Zorsoh INVENTOR d ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 1, 1932 PATENT OFFICE I anwm A. zonscn, or aocnmm, m YORK nun m sroon rm 1m;

Application am m 1:, 1931. min In. 530,514.

The invention relates to a combined pan or tray and rack and more particularly to a knife and spoon an rack.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character wherein knives and spoons can be convenientl held therein when not in use, especially uring the cooking riod in the preparation of a meal, as the ives and spoons when placed within the device will be held readily accessible for use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein the rack is of novel form to sustain knives and spoons separated from each other and in position for free accessibility or for selective use.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device ofthis character which is extremely simple in construction, neat and attractive in appearance, thoroughly reliable and efiicient, readily portable and inexpensive to manufacture. I

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail. illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is an elevation of a knife and spoon pan rack constructed in accordance with the invention showing a portion thereof partly broken away and a knife and spoon held therein.

Figure 2 is a top plan view with the knife and spoon removed, one corner of the pan being broken away.

Figure 3 is an end elevation.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of a slight modification of the invention.

Figure 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view thereof looking in the direction of the rack.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referrin to the drawing in detail, particularly Flgures 1 to 4 inclusive, the knife and spoon pan rack com rises a body 10 preferably of rectangular ormation and made from sheet metal having provided at its top a rest flange 11 marginally of the open center of said body 10 for accommodating in this open center a pan or tray 12 having a marginal rim 13 to engage and rest upon the flange 11 on the body 10. The pan or tray 12 is removable from the body 10 as will be obvious.

At one end of the body 10 is an upright plate 14 having cut through its top edge at lntervals thereof vertical slots 15, these being an equi-distance apart and in this manner I the rack is formed for accommodating knives 16 and spoons 17 respectively which are placed within the slots edgewise as shown in Figure 1 of the drawing.

Outside of the plate 14 is an angular support 18 which at the upper edge portion thereof is formed a rest 19 for the handles 20 of the knives and spoons 16 and 17 when within the rack. This rest is spaced the required distance from the rack preferably as shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing.

In Figures 5 and 6 of the drawing there is shown a slight modification of the invention, wherein a knife and spoon rack 21 bent from a single strip of metal, with the end portions 22 of the same serving as the legs for said rack and these portions being secured or Joined with the body 23 exteriorly thereof in any suitable manner. The rack 21 is spaced inwardly from-a rest 24 carried at the end of the body 23 of the device. The bends 25 of the rack provide the spaces for the knives and spoons 16 and 17 when the latter are placed therein edgewise in the manner as shown in Figure 1 of the drawing, while the handles 20 will bear upon the rest 24 and these knives and spoons will be held convenient to the user of the device.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a body formed of a substantially rectangnlar-shaped frame open throughout its extent and havmg' at its margmal' top edge an inbent rest unbrokenthroughout laid edge, a tray received in the frame and he an outtumed marginal to rest up he flange of the me an overla theaamgann tplatecarried at oneen of the frame an extended above the plane of the top thereof and having vertical slots an from each other, an means on e plate and projected lateroutwardly therefrom to constitute a rest for articles when engaged in the slots and received in the tra u 2. 'A device of class described comprising a body] formed of a substantially recaped frame open throughout its extent and having at its marginal top edge an inbent rest flange unbroken throughout a edge, a tray received in the frame and having an outturned marginal flan to rest upon the flange of the me an overlap the same, an n ht plate carried at one end of the frame an extended above the plane a of the top thereof and having vertical slots n an equi-distance-from each other, an an angular support carried by the plate and offset therefrom with its up r edge constituting a rest rack for artic es when 30 engaged in the slot and disposed in the tray.

8. A device of the class described comprising a body formed of a substantially rectangular-shaped metal frame open throughout its extent and havinglat its top edge a 3.1 rest flange marginally t ereof, a tray received in the frame and having a marginal flange engaged with the flange of the frame and over a'ppinfi the same, a rack disposed at one end of t e frame and having a plurality of vertical slots disposed an equidistance apart for accommodating articles to be disposed edgewise within the tray, and a rest outside of the frame and spaced from the rack to accommodate handle ends of s'uch articles.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' EDWARD A. ZORSCH. 

